Label-moistening machine.



J. F. HANCOCK & G. E. FISK.

LABEL MOISTENING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED mums, 1013.

Patented Dec. 16, 1913 INVENTORA. i M M 2 M WZZMZ/ ATTORNEY.

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J'ULES I HANCOCK AND CARRDLL E. FISH, OF SAN FRANfiISGO, CALIFORNIA. LABEL-MOISTENING MACHINE.

1,081,906. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 29. 1913.

4, is pivotally mounted on the cage 1, and the feed roller 5, is rotatably mounted in the free end thereof.

(3, is a triangular shearing bar and 7, 7, are the guide bars to the feed roll 5. The springs 8, 8, and serve to hold the gummed label away from the moisteninc, roller 9. At the back of the cage is another guide bar 10, which serves to keep the label strip fiat on the table plate 11. This table plate is made of aluminum as the gummed side of the labels come into contact with the same and will not adhere to this metal. The reservoir 12, carries the water for the moistening roll 9, and is provided with the plate 13, which forms a cover to prevent the label from entering the reservoir as it comes through the rolls. The pads 14, 14, may be of any suitable material that will prevent the machine from marring the surface of the table or counter on which it is being operated.

. he operation of our invention is as follows:-The 'roll of printed labels is placed in the cage and the spring door retains the same in place. The end of the strip is then passed under the first .e'uide bar, drawn on the table and entered between the guide bars in the spring supported frame, under the first and over the second, thus keepin the paper in contact with the feed roll an shearing bar. In this position it is free from contact with the moistening roll. After the label has been properly inscribed the operator presses the feed roller down with the fingers or palm of the hand until the gummed side of the label" comes into contact with the moistening roller; the movement of the hand toward the back of the machine causes the feed roller to rotate in the direction indicated by the arrow (Fig. 3) thus discharging the label between the two rolls'to any extent. desired. The operator holding the-feed roll in the above described position can then tear the label neatly and quickly across the edge of the triangular shearing bar. In the process of discharging, the moistcning roller applies the water to the gum of the label and the same is ready to be attached to the parcel for which it is intended.

We do not wish to be understood as con- Patented Dec. 16, 1913. Serial No. 757,718.

To all (whom, it may concern Be it known that we. Jonas F. IIANCOCIC and CARROLL E. FISK, citizens of the United States, residing in the city and county of San. Francisco, State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improve merits in Labcl-lvloistening Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to label moistening machines and more particularly tor those designed to use the ribbon type of labels. These labels are printed on a continuous strip of gummed paper adapted to be used in my machine and in this form reduce the cost of printing and handling, as they come from the press in the form of a roll.

The object oi our invention is to provide a machine that will handle a roll of gummcd labels without an axis, provide a place for the clerk to write the directions, address, or instructions thereon, moisten the same and shear oil the label at a given point.

It will be readily seen that our invention is a. time and labor saving device as well as reducing the cost of the label itself by pro viding a means for using it in the ribbon form.

For a clear comprehension of our invcntion reference should be had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1, is a side view in elevation of the device with one side broken away to show the roll of printed labels in place. This view also shows the spring supported feed roller frame holding the gummed label away from the moistening roll when not in use. The dotted line at the back shows the spring trap door open to allow the roll of labels to be placed in the machine. Fig. 2, is a plan view of the device showing a strip of labels in place and the convenient manner in which they may be inscribed before moistcning and shearing. Fig. 3, is a view in cross-section of the upper part of the device showing the relative position of the spring supported feed roll to the moistening roll in itsreservoir. This view also shows the triangular shearing bar in front of the feed roll and the double guide bars back of the same. The View is taken The numeral 1, is used to designate a frame or cage adapted to receive the roll of fining ourselves to the precise construction printed and gummed labels 2; and retain shown herein, but wish to avail ourselves of the same therein by means of the s ring any modifications that may properly fall trap door 3. The spring supported "rame within the scope of our invention.

support the feed roller frame Having anus describsci cur inventicn, what We claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isz- In combination in a label moistening ma chine a support for av roll of labels, a table aver which the label 5 passes in em posed condition, a moistening roll at oneupon the moistsnii paper to be f ee behveen 1t and the moisten-- ingl 1-011, BUbStZLIl L IRHY dsscribed.

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